01:920:240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: John Money, Virginity, Bigender

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: 01:920:240
• Professor: Allan Horwitz

Document Summary

Dominant for most of history but not now. Instincts remain despite vast changes in norms and technology. Social changes mean sex for procreation is outmoded. Heterosexuality is self-evident so focus on sex differences. Reproduction can now be separated from sex. Current culture regards exclusive heterosexuality as a choice. Heterosexuality dominant because of repressive cultural norms. All forms of consensual sex are equally good. 2) no such thing as normal or abnormal sex. 3) all forms of sexual behavior on continuum. Ada(cid:373) a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)e: (cid:862)the(cid:374) the e(cid:455)es of (cid:271)oth of the(cid:373) (cid:449)ere ope(cid:374)ed a(cid:374)d the(cid:455) realized that the(cid:455) (cid:449)ere (cid:374)aked. O the(cid:455) se(cid:449)ed fig lea(cid:448)es together to (cid:373)ake the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es loi(cid:374)(cid:272)loths. (cid:863) Taboos divide sex into good, normal sex and sex and bad, abnormal sex. Splendor in the grass 1961 (about 1920s) Much more tolerant view of wide variety of permitted sexual activities. Outside of marriage, non-heterosexual, types of people (young, elderly, disabled, etc. )